Yakpa Surname

215,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,901 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Togo

Yakpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin8531:12,1171,655
Togo8401:8,6282,051
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Ivory Coast741:311,77311,581
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Yakpa (402) may also be a first name.

Yakpa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yakpa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yakpa occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yakpa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakpa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 215,983rd most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,833,533 people. The last name Yakpa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yakpa are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakpa is also the 430,375th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 402 people.

It is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 853 people, or 1 in 12,117. In Benin Yakpa is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 37 percent live, Borgou Department, where 27 percent live and Alibori Department, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 44 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yakepa9148/
Yakpah9126/
Yakpai916/
Yahkpa911/
Yakpau911/
Yakpay911/
Yahkpah837/
Yahkpay831/
Yakpe802,945/
Jakpa802,052/
Yakpo801,385/
Yokpa8049/
Iakpa805/
Yakpi802/
Yakpé801/
Yagpa801/
Yahoukpa774/
Yakpey73425/
Jakpha73275/
Ijakpa73183/
Jakpah73103/
Oyokpa7362/
Jaykpa7332/
Ayokpa7326/
Ihakpa739/
Ajokpa737/
Jakpai734/
Yokpah733/
Yakepo733/
Jakpad732/
Yatkpo731/
Yakpou731/
Iakpah731/
Jakpay731/
Uyokpa731/
Eakpah731/
Yakpoi731/
Geakpa731/
Yakpot731/
Giakpa731/
Yakpazowa711/
Jaykpah67153/
Giakpah679/
Jakphai676/
Ogiakpa674/
Yaakpee672/
Jakphat671/
Ayiakpo671/
Jaykpai671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yakpa
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